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The Local Language Program (LLP) is part of a worldwide initiative dedicated to providing individuals access to desktop computer software in their native language. In many parts of the world, technology has transformed the way people and businesses share and use information, improved the way children and adults learn, and helped governments address social and economic issues in ways never before imagined. Use the links on this page to discover how LLP is enabling individuals and communities worldwide.
To find all available language pack and translation resources, please visit the Local Language Program homepage.
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News
- Microsoft’s Local Language Program Bridges Languages, Cultures and Technology
- NPR - Digital Technologies Give Dying Languages New Life
- Blog: Microsoft technology preserving local languages and cultures
- Blog: Microsoft Voices Support for International Mother Language Day
- Blog: Using the Language You Want
- Blog: How technology can help local languages
- Blog: Microsoft Translator celebrates International Mother Language Day with the release of Hmong
- Blog: 14 new languages announced for Windows 8
- Blog: Yes aboji, Office speaks your language
- Blog: LLP celebrates International Mother Language Day, 2011
- Blog: Windows 7 Celebrates International Mother Language Day 2011
- Blog: Office Celebrates Mother Language Day
- News: Hello Mother: Microsoft Makes ‘Native Languages’ More Accessible
- Blog: How We Decide to Localize into One Language, But Not Another
- Visual Studio goes International
- Using Crowdsourcing for Expanding Localization of Products
- In the Fight for Language Survival, Technology Helps Shift the Balance of Power
- Press Release: More Than 1 Billion Speakers of Endangered Languages Get Access to Technology
- Blog: Windows Experience – Celebrating International Mother Language Day 2010
- Blog: Sharing IT Terminology with Local Language Communities
- Microsoft On the Issues - Opening virtual doors across the language barrier
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Videos
- LLP Best Practice (Basque)
- LLP Best Practice (Catalonia Flix)
- LLP Best Practice (Catalonia Lledia)
- LLP Best Practice (Galicia)
- LLP Best Practice (Valencia)
- Microsoft and The Linguists (multiple languages)
- LLP in Tbilisi, Georgia (Georgian)
- LLP brings Visual Studio 2010 to the Czech Republic (Czech)
- LLP supports Maori in New Zealand school (Maori)
- LLP helps students in Vietnamese schools (Vietnamese)
- LLP Teaching Swedish Online (Swedish)
- LLP in Stord, Norway (Nynorsk)
- Kinyarwanda language support in Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
- LLP helps Sappi KwaDukuza resource center (isiZulu)
- LLP in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
- LLP supports Alsatians in France (Alsace)
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Case Studies
- School Uses Local Language Software to Support Basque Immersion, Student Success (Basque)
- School Strengthens Catalan Language Immersion by Adopting Dual-Language Technology (Catalan)
- Primary School Supports Catalan Fluency by Adopting Multilanguage Technology (Catalan)
- Technical School Uses Multilingual Software to Prepare Students for Modern World (Galician)
- School Uses Multilingual Software to Enhance Learning, Native Language Fluency (Valencian)
- Microsoft Teams with Language Experts, Develops Font to Revitalize African Languages (Ebrima Font)
- Welsh Interface Supports Language Immersion at Secondary School
- Local languages boost local literacy in the heart of rural South Africa
- Unlocking potential by bringing ICT to South Africa
- Preserving tradition while promoting technology in Nigeria
- 29 Million Opportunities in South Africa
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Resources
- Microsoft Locale Builder
- Language Interface Pack downloads for Office
- Language Interface Pack downloads for Windows
- Language Interface Pack downloads for Visual Studio 2010
- Language Interface Pack downloads for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
- Captions Language Interface Packs for Office, Visual Studio and Visual Studio Lightswitch
- Translation Wiki for Visual Studio and .NET Framework online content
- Microsoft Language Portal
- Microsoft Translator
- Local Language Program Coverage Map
- Microsoft Local Impact Map
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